Surfers crumble under bone-crushing waves size of FIVE STOREY buildings

Viewers are finding it tough to watch the compilation of surfers competing for Wipeout of the Year.

The World Surf League has revealed its five nominees for the prestigious title and it's not an easy watch.

The thrill-seekers chasing the biggest waves around the globe are rightly lauded for their courage and skill, taming monstrous walls of water everywhere from Portugal to California, Hawaii and Tasmania.

But when it goes wrong, it goes horribly wrong.

The award finalists include Hawaiian Nathan Florence, brother of current World Surf League champion John "John" Florence.

Nathan suffered a horrible wipeout at the infamous big wave Californian break named Mavericks in January this year.

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The other finalists are American Wilem Banks who also came unstuck at Mavericks on the same day, Australian Danny Griffiths who found himself pounded on a giant wave at Shipstern Bluff in Tasmania, Brit surfer Tom Lowe and Chile's Rafael Tapia, who both fell victim to the notorious Nazare break in Portugal last October.

But all five somehow miraculously escaped without any serious injuries.

That doesn’t mean viewers have escaped mentally unharmed.

“Well that’s me off surfing for life. that was the opposite of chill, my heart is pumping,” one viewer said online.

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Another concerned fan wrote: “Geeeeez did Griffiths die on that one? That was thick.”

The winner will be announced on April 29 and the winning $5,000 (around £4,020) may help to soften the blow of the breathtaking wipeouts.

The cameraman who recorded the most spectacular fall will also take home $2,000 (£1,606).